Welcome back! Have you checked out my Accent Reduction classes yet? Today in one of my classes I taught a short lesson on making polite requests. During the lesson I pointed our two pronunciation features to my students.
1. When a /d/ sound is followed by a /y/ sound, the sounds blend together to sound like [...]
Posts under ‘American T Sound’
American English Pronunciation: Reduced Speech
American English Pronunciation Problems for Indians
Thanks to all the nice people from India who read this blog. I am very happy that you found this website and I hope you find it helpful.
I recently came across a website that featured 10 Tips on English Pronunciation & Accent Improvement (for Indians). I think that the following tips on the website are [...]
Pronouncing t & th in American English (with Martha Stewart)
Listen for all the different ways the th and the t are pronounced in this Thanksgiving video by Martha Stuart.
Here is a checklist you can use to guide you as you watch and listen. Print or copy these words and mark each one when you hear it. Then watch and listen again several times to [...]
American English Pronunciation-The Silent T
One of my students wrote this week to ask me why the T is silent in some American English words. I don’t know why it is silent but I can give you three spelling patterns that you can use to determine whether or not to pronounce the /t/ sound.
Many American English words contain a silent [...]
American English Pronunciation-The Tapped T Sound
When you are listening to American English speakers you may have noticed that when the letter “t” is in the middle of a word it often has a /d/ sound. Pronunciation teachers call this sound the flap or the tapped T because when we make this sound we slightly flap or tap our tongues behind [...]
